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<br />JAMES C. VALLIANT <br />Extension Irrigation Specialist and Research Scientist <br />Colorado State University <br />P.O. Box 190, Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067 <br />Work (719)254-7608 Fax (719)254-7650 <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br /> <br />Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX - M.S., Agricultural Engineering. 1969. Thesis: The Effect of <br />Recharging Runoff Waters on Aquifer Chacteristics in the Texas High Plains. <br /> <br />Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX - B.S.. Agricultural Engineering, 1959. <br /> <br />RELATED RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />January, 1991 to Present. Irrigation Specialist, Colorado State University, Rocky Ford, CO. Studies include irrigation <br />management on major crops and vegetables with surge and conventional furrow irrigation and LEP A <br />irrigation systems. <br /> <br />October 1978 to March 1986. Farm Manager. Foxley Cattle Company, Ordway, CO. Responsible for the direct <br />management of 6,000 irrigated crop acres and supervision of another 6,000 irrigated acres and 20,000 <br />acres of grasslands. <br /> <br />March 1977 to September 1978. Project Farm Manager/Agricultural Engineer, Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, <br />Farmington. NM. Responsible for the management of 22,000 irrigated crop acres. <br /> <br />June 1959 to January 1975. Director of Research/Agricultural Engineer, High Plains Research Foundation, Plainview, <br />TX. Studies included inigation management and cultural methods on major crops and soil and water <br />conservation through artificial recharge of runoff water through multiple-purpose wells and bench <br />leveling. <br /> <br />SELECT PUBLICATIONS <br /> <br />Artificial Recharge of Runoff Waters in the Texas High Plains. High Plains Research Foundation <br />Bulletin No. I. 1965. <br /> <br />Parallel Bench Leveling of Slooing Land in the Texas High Plains, High Plains Research Foundation <br />Bulletin No.2, 1967. <br /> <br />Cotton Production as Influenced bv Cultural Design in the Texas High Plains Research Foundation <br />Bulletin No.3, 1971. <br /> <br />The Effect of Irrigation Methods and Fertilizer Levels on Corn and Sugar Beets in the Texas High <br />Plains. High Plains Research Foundation, Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Interior. <br />1971. <br /> <br />Artificial Recharge of Runoff Waters in the Texas High Plains. High Plains Research Foundation. <br />Texas Water Development Board, 1974. <br /> <br />20 <br />